Chinese symbol for “grapple”
拼杀
pīn shā
Traditional: 拼殺
to grapple (with the enemy); to fight at the risk of one's life
The closest CC-CEDICT match for grapple is 拼杀 (pīn shā), defined as: to grapple (with the enemy); to fight at the risk of one's life.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “grapple”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 拼杀.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拼命 | pīn mìng | to do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs; (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it |
| 拼音 | pīn yīn | phonetic writing; pinyin (Chinese romanization) |
| 拼搏 | pīn bó | to struggle; to wrestle |
| 拼写 (拼寫) | pīn xiě | to spell |
| 拼图 (拼圖) | pīn tú | jigsaw puzzle; to do a jigsaw puzzle |
| 拼凑 (拼湊) | pīn còu | to assemble; to put together |
| 自杀 (自殺) | zì shā | to kill oneself; to commit suicide |
| 杀人 (殺人) | shā rén | to kill a person; to commit murder |
See also: Japanese symbol for “grapple”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.